During a whooping cough outbreak in California in 2010, immunized children between eight and 12 years old were more likely to catch the bacterial disease than kids of other ages, suggesting that the ...

A new vaccine is available for pre-teens and teenagers to booster the whooping cough vaccine they received as babies and before kindergarten. "We give vaccines to infants, but there is a new vaccine ...

The U.S. is experiencing more than four times as many whooping cough cases compared with last year — a spike that some experts attribute to post-pandemic vaccine fatigue. “With the increase in vaccine ...

Most parents would assume that their child isn't on their phone for a big part of the day, but new research says otherwise - in fact, a study found that teens spend about 70 minutes of the school day ...

Whooping cough, or pertussis, was once a leading cause of death for children in the U.S. and worldwide before the introduction of vaccines in the 1940s. In the decades since, the bacterial disease was ...

Officials in Haywood County, North Carolina, have confirmed five cases of whooping cough, in children and teens under the age of 19.On Wednesday, Haywood County Health and Human Services confirmed ...

Total cases of whooping cough in 2025 are double compared to the same time frame in 2024, the CDC says. naipo.de via Unsplash As schools across the country release their students and the summer season ...

As measles cases continue to crop up across the U.S., so too are cases of another highly contagious disease. Whooping cough, known clinically as pertussis, has caused the death of at least five, ...

Update:On Friday, officials in Haywood County, North Carolina, confirmed an additional case of whooping cough.Officials said there were now six confirmed cases in children and teens under the age of ...

CLYDE, N.C. (FOX Carolina) - Haywood County Health and Human Services said multiple cases of whooping cough, or pertussis, have recently been confirmed. The five cases were confirmed in children and ...